FIVE giant pythons have been rescued in the UK countryside after being dumped by a "cruel" owner. The 16ft-long snakes were ...

Discover the step-by-step process behind tortoise egg-laying and what happens during the months-long incubation underground.

South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking in a warming, drying homeland, so Flinders University scientists have ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

High in the cloud-wrapped peaks of the Cordillera de Huancabamba, where the Andes dip and twist into isolated ridges, a team ...

Scientists have long wondered how mammals, including humans, evolved to walk with their legs under their bodies instead of ...

A group of students has been trying to get the state to recognize the blue-spotted salamander for years. Here's why.

Tony Saravo of Bellmore feels reptiles are grossly misunderstood. The 24 year-old owner of Uncle Tony’s Reptile Show has made ...

What is the safest snake to have as a pet? Will a pet snake bite you? Here are the pros and cons of having a snake for a pet.

"Our analyses show the direct connection." Scientists issue warning after discovering clear pattern among amphibians: 'This ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

But behind their biological wonders lies a terrifying truth: nearly 41% of all amphibian species are now threatened with ...